June 19, 1865 - "JUNEETENTH"

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eddessaknight — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 20:57:18 GMT

First a short but sincere note of appreciation for the comprehensive report efforts by our Moon on this day of the full moon; and acknowledgement to Laverne for catching the inadvertent typo spelling

Today full moon in Capricorn, at gambling ground zero Las Vegas is hosting it's 16th annual JUNETEENTH festival for history with a grand party festival and simultaneously having the massive Electric Daisy Carnival event - all the while in tripple degree inferno temperature breaking rerecord dayz... [ More ]

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Harve$t Moon — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:30:38 GMT

Oops ... forgot the link.

http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

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Harve$t Moon — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:09:43 GMT

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans

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LAVERNE MALONEY — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:07:01 GMT

The event is known as Juneteenth, it happened in 1865. You have a spelling error.

June 19, 1865 - "JUNEETENTH"

eddessaknight — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 00:01:29 GMT

TimeLine: June 19th, !865, Confederate Texas

Victorious Union Troops marched into Galveston declaring bloody Civil War is over and remain slaves are set free - an event celebrated to this day as JUNEETHENTH

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